PURPLE SPROUTING BROCCOLI

One vegetable we always look forward to in March and April is purple sprouting broccoli. The tasty heads are full of flavour and come at a time when other winter veg is coming to an end, making them very welcome. From sowing to harvesting is almost a year, but it’s worth the wait. The plants can grow to be tall and very often they get top heavy and topple over and lay along the ground. To give them some support and keep them upright, use short, stout canes pushed into the soil at the side of the plants and tie them securely with soft string.